Re: Timestamp on hints file and system.hints table data

Kurt,

There are no errors in system.log. Just messages about hints sent and played. We will try stop and delete solution and let you know if that fixed the problem. But my curiosity is more about timestamp on hints files, why do we have files with back date; even though I deleted files manually.

Send through some examples (and any errors)? Sounds like the file might be corrupt. Not that there's much you can do about that. You can try stopping C*, deleting the file, then starting C* again. You'll have to repair, assuming you haven't repaired already since that hint file was created.

system.hints is not used in Cassandra 3. Can't explain the files though, are you referring to the files timestamp or the Unix timestamp in the file name? Is there a node that's been down for several months?